Category: AI
Getty Images Fought AI In The Courts, Lost, Then Lucratively Partnered With It: Lessons For Book Publishing
Getty fought AI in court, lost the key ruling, then built OpenAI and Perplexity licensing deals. What book publishers should learn from the pivot.
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AI Data Centres and the Green Moral Panic: What Publishing Gets Wrong About AI’s Environmental Impact
The viral claims about AI data centres and water use are real but missing context. TNPS examines what the numbers actually mean, what the regulatory precedents are, and why publishing’s green panic is selective to the point of dishonesty.
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I Asked Eight AIs About the Amazon AI-Books Panic. They Couldn’t Agree How Big Amazon Is
A viral chart and a straightforward question, put to eight freemium AI tools. The answers didn’t just disagree on conclusions – they disagreed on basic, checkable facts, with total confidence, every time.
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The AI Books Panic Chart Is Real. The Panic Isn’t
The chart has been doing the rounds this month, and because it’s of the kind that travels well precisely because it needs no caption – a red wave climbing against a pink one, a single dotted line marking the release of ChatGPT-3.5 – it even managed to penetrate the darkness of power-crisis-ridden The Gambia.
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The Iron Maiden Piracy Myth – AI and Publishing’s Missed Opportunities
The debunked Iron Maiden piracy myth resurfaces on LinkedIn. A look at what really happened, why AI fact-checking failed, and what publishers should learn.
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Publishing must learn to walk and chew AI gum at the same time
Trade bodies decry AI training while quietly cutting costs with it. A response to Javier Celaya’s growth-strategy challenge — and where it leads.
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Why David Shelley Will Never Be AI Witchfinder General
Hachette CEO David Shelley’s caution against AI detection tools reflects hard-won wisdom from acquiring J.K. Rowling’s pseudonymous debut, The Cuckoo’s Calling.
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The Hand That Feeds: Publishing’s AI Hypocrisy Problem
Major publishers condemn AI as theft while deploying automation to cut narrator, translator, warehouse and operational jobs. TNPS examines the selective labour theory behind publishing’s AI moral framework.
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The AI Reader Has Arrived. Korea Understands the New Paradigm. Does Western Publishing?
While western publishers debate AI as existential threat, Korea’s Publishers Association president Kim Tae-heon proposed a licensed data market architecture that protects rights and builds new revenue simultaneously. The strategic divergence has consequences.
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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 6: The RODE Revolution: Why the Easiest Time in History to Create Is Also the Best Time to Be a Publisher
Why AI makes human curation the future of publishing.
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My Favourite Story So Far This Year! Google and Slum2School Africa Launch AI-Powered Cultural Colouring Book
Google and Slum2School Africa launch Stories from Our Home, a Gemini AI-powered Nigerian folktale colouring book for 1,000 underserved primary pupils, blending cultural heritage with educational technology.
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TNPS Analysis: Four Moves, One Strategy: What Harlequin’s AI Microdrama Deal Is Really About
Harlequin’s Dashverse deal is the fourth act in a deliberate AI pivot. TNPS traces the strategy – and what it means for every publisher with a back-catalogue.
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